Postmenopausal Dilemmas: The Role of Ultrasound

The postmenopausal patient presents unique challenges in ultrasound. With age being a major risk factor for most malignancies, the results of the examination can result in a clinician being more apt to conduct more invasive tests or elect for a surgical cure. This article is aimed to review the common gynecological pathology in post- menopausal patients and how ultrasound can aid the clinician in diagnosis and management. As noninvasive and nonradiation imaging modality, pelvic ultrasound allows valuable approach to assessment of anatomy and pathology of the uterus and adnexa in postmenopausal patients. Validity for the delineation of morphological characteristics of pelvic abnormalities is widely tested and already applied to routine clinical care. The early detection of pelvic carcinoma is still the most attractive for further studies.